The current Gregorian calendar ends December 31st 2011... But we'll just print a new one for 2012. I presume the Aztecs got tired of carving new stone calendars every solar cycle, so they made an arbitrarily long one.
I think historians could argue that the 'end times' came for the Aztecs long before 2012... -B On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:53 AM, John.Schneider <jsschneid...@smithsys.net>wrote: > I believe you are right that it is the Mayan calendar that ends Dec 21, > 2012. It DOES NOT however predict the "end of the world", but simply the > end of a time or era. > That calendar has 13,000 year cycle or times and the above date is simply > the end of the most recent era. Since this was either cycle 4 or 5 there is > nothing in the calendar that excludes that 22 Dec 2012 is just being the > beginning of a new era. > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Rod Goke <rod.g...@earthlink.net> > *To:* Texas Cavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, May 22, 2011 9:34 PM > *Subject:* RE: [Texascavers] A warning from the future > > > I'm not very familiar with the Aztec calendar, but if it ever contained > an "end of the world" prediction, it probably had to be revised to record > that happening August 13, 1521 (from their viewpoint, anyway, since that's > when their capital, Tenochtitlan, finally fell to Cortes). I believe that it > is the Mayan calendar that many people claim will end December 21, 2012, > leading some to interpret this as a predicted "end of the world" date. Now, > however, some people are claiming that this interpretation of the > Mayan calendar is off by several weeks and that the real "end of the world" > date will be November 6, 2012. > . . . > (election day) ;-) > > Rod > > -----Original Message----- > From: Louise Power > Sent: May 22, 2011 7:28 PM > To: Texas Cavers > Subject: RE: [Texascavers] A warning from the future > > But wait, doesn't the end of the world come in 2012 (according to the Aztec > calendar)? My friend Jo says yesterday was just supposed to be the rapture. > She says the EOW comes in October. Who should I believe...the crazy old guy > who got it wrong the first time; a defunct native group; or my best friend? > OMG, it's just too much for my poor old brain to comprehend! > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit > our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: > texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: > texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > -- Brian Riordan 979-218-8009 (Mobile) riordan.br...@gmail.com
